Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 26, 2019

A rapid spread of the stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak in the Mexican Caribbean

Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Nuria Estrada-Saldívar, Esmeralda Pérez-Cervantes, Ana Molina-Hernández, Francisco J. González-Barrios

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8069 PubMed 31788355

November 4, 2019

Characterization of the acoustic community of vocal fishes in the Azores

Rita Carriço, Mónica A. Silva, Gui M. Menezes, Paulo J. Fonseca, Maria Clara P. Amorim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7772 PubMed 31720098

November 15, 2019

Different nitrogen sources speed recovery from corallivory and uniquely alter the microbiome of a reef-building coral

Mallory M. Rice, Rebecca L. Maher, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Deron E. Burkepile

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8056 PubMed 31741802

November 5, 2019

Evaluation of variation within the barcode region of Cytochrome c Oxidase I (COI) for the detection of commercial Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (blue crab) products of non-US origin

Amanda M. Windsor, M. Katherine Moore, Kimberly A. Warner, Sarah R. Stadig, Jonathan R. Deeds

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7827 PubMed 31720100

November 22, 2019

Munidopsis species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Munidopsidae) from carcass falls in Weijia Guyot, West Pacific, with recognition of a new species based on integrative taxonomy

Dong Dong, Peng Xu, Xin-Zheng Li, Chunsheng Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8089 PubMed 31772841

November 11, 2019

Genome-wide identification and characterization of heat shock protein family 70 provides insight into its divergent functions on immune response and development of Paralichthys olivaceus

Kaiqiang Liu, Xiancai Hao, Qian Wang, Jilun Hou, Xiaofang Lai, Zhiguo Dong, Changwei Shao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7781 PubMed 31737440

November 8, 2019

Light intensity regulates phototaxis, foraging and righting behaviors of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius

Jiangnan Sun, Xiaomei Chi, Mingfang Yang, Jingyun Ding, Dongtao Shi, Yushi Yu, Yaqing Chang, Chong Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8001 PubMed 31720119

November 27, 2019

Effects of elevated pCO₂ and nutrient enrichment on the growth, photosynthesis, and biochemical compositions of the brown alga Saccharina japonica (Laminariaceae, Phaeophyta)

Yaoyao Chu, Yan Liu, Jingyu Li, Qingli Gong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8040 PubMed 31799072

November 22, 2019

Long-term study of behaviors of two cohabiting sea urchin species, Mesocentrotus nudus and Strongylocentrotus intermedius, under conditions of high food quantity and predation risk in situ

Peter M. Zhadan, Marina A. Vaschenko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8087 PubMed 31772840

November 7, 2019

Zooplankton communities in the Drake Passage through environmental boundaries: a snapshot of 2010, early spring

Andrey A. Vedenin, Eteri I. Musaeva, Daria N. Zasko, Alexander L. Vereshchaka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7994 PubMed 31720115

November 7, 2019

Combining data from different sampling methods to study the development of an alien crab Chionoecetes opilio invasion in the remote and pristine Arctic Kara Sea

Anna K. Zalota, Olga L. Zimina, Vassily A. Spiridonov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7952 PubMed 31720105

November 18, 2019

Bibliographic revision of Mesacanthion Filipjev, 1927 (Nematoda: Thoracostomopsidae) with description of a new species from Jeju Island, South Korea

Raehyuk Jeong, Alexei V. Tchesunov, Wonchoel Lee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8023 PubMed 31763070

November 7, 2019

Scythes, sickles and other blades: defining the diversity of pectoral fin morphotypes in Pachycormiformes

Jeff J. Liston, Anthony E. Maltese, Paul H. Lambers, Dominique Delsate, William E.H. Harcourt-Smith, Anneke H. van Heteren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7675 PubMed 31720097

November 15, 2019

Two new species and the molecular phylogeography of the freshwater crab genus Bottapotamon (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae)

Ning Gao, Ying-Yi Cui, Song-Bo Wang, Jie-Xin Zou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7980 PubMed 31745447

November 29, 2019

Taxonomic assessment of species of the genus Octopus from the northeastern Pacific via morphological, molecular and morphometric analyses

Mariana Díaz-Santana-Iturrios, César Augusto Salinas-Zavala, Francisco Javier García-Rodríguez, Jasmín Granados-Amores

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8118 PubMed 31803534

November 4, 2019

Geographic origin and timing of colonization of the Pacific Coast of North America by the rocky shore gastropod Littorina sitkana

Peter B. Marko, Nadezhda I. Zaslavskaya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7987 PubMed 31720112

November 13, 2019

Brittle stars looking like starfish: the first fossil record of the Astrophiuridae and a remarkable case of convergent evolution

Ben Thuy, Andy Gale, Lea Numberger-Thuy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8008 PubMed 31741791

November 22, 2019

Molecular characterization of G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) and protein kinase A (PKA) cDNA in Perinereis aibuhitensis and expression during benzo(a)pyrene exposure

Yi Huang, Jia Sun, Ping Han, Heling Zhao, Mengting Wang, Yibing Zhou, Dazuo Yang, Huan Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8044 PubMed 31772834

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